Mongla port, the second largest seaport in Bangladesh, witnessed a sharp  decline in container handling throughout the first seven months of the  current fiscal year (FY), with growing economic constraints eroding  business activities in the country.

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The Singapore-flagged MV Maersk Nusantara carried 489 TEUs of goods

The maritime port in Cox's Bazar has been asked to hoist cautionary signal (Great Danger Signal) 10 as cyclone Mocha has intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the east central Bay of Bengal.

The Mongla Port Authority’s plan to undertake a massive development work to expand, modernise and build the capacity of the port has received a major boost as uncertainty over funding is set to disappear. 

Egis India Consulting Engineers Private Limited has been appointed as the consultant for a capacity building project worth Tk 6,014 crore at Mongla port, the second largest seaport in Bangladesh.

The Mongla Port made a new record on August 7 when a Malaysian ship— MV Malaysia Star—reached the port in Bagerhat with 1,280 reconditioned cars from Japan in a single consignment.

Severe cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ over west central Bay and adjoining southeast Bay moved northwestwards and now lies over west central Bay and adjoining area.

India's Meghalaya state Chief Minister Conrad Sangma yesterday welcomed the decision to open the Chittagong port to facilitate trade with India's Northeastern states, saying it will cut transportation cost and expose their goods to international markets.

India and Bangladesh yesterday signed three agreements for allowing New Delhi to use Mongla and Chattogram ports as transit points to access India's northeastern states for trade.

Importers were rushing to complete procedures for getting reconditioned vehicles released from the Chittagong and Mongla ports fearing hike in import duties in the budget to be announced today.

The first consignment of rice that the government purchased from India has arrived at the Mongla Port and would begin to be unloaded tonight.

The cyclonic storm “Komen” has weakened slightly and started crossing Chittagong coast near Sandwip around 9:00pm.

The Mongla port authorities rescue a youth who was locked inside a container in a critical condition